After a Times investigation found rising contamination, congressional leaders sound alarm. Zachary T. Sampson is an investigative editor. He can be reached at zsampson@tampabay.com. Bethany Barnes is ...

The agency’s expected justification for overturning the power plant rule could also absolve it from regulating other industries’ planet-warming emissions. EPA is expected to soon argue that the U.S.

Today, the Council adopted the regulation on preventing the loss of plastic pellets into the environment, following a provisional agreement with the European Parliament. The new regulation aims to ...

There’s a particular kind of alert that most people scroll past without a second thought. It doesn’t carry the urgency of a ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHAPEL HILL — On behalf of Cape Fear River Watch and Haw River Assembly, the Southern Environmental Law Center recently filed a ...

As winter sets in, the air quality tends to drop, and smog begins to thicken. The harmful pollutants in the air tend to take a toll on your skin. Dust, dirt, and harmful toxins in the environment ...

I spent last summer wading through seagrass meadows across Northern Ireland, from the sheltered waters of Strangford Lough to the exposed coast at Waterfoot Bay. I was collecting seagrass leaves and ...